Reply-To: DORISMail Sender: DORISMail-owner@ensg.ign.fr Precedence: list ****************************************************************************** DORISMail 27-Jul-2000 10:03:49 Message No 0101 ****************************************************************************** Author: "H. Fagard" Subject: New station at Greenbelt (U.S.A.) Dear Colleagues, A new DORIS station has been installed at Greenbelt (Maryland, U.S.A.), in the premises of the Goddard Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory (GGAO), which is part of the Goddard Space Flight Center (for more information on GGAO, see http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/ggao/ggao.html). It consists of a version 2 beacon and a Starec antenna, and started transmitting on June 29. The antenna has been installed on top of a 2 m high, 30 cm diameter concrete pillar. The acronym in the data files for this new station is GREB. The DOMES number for the antenna reference point is 40451S176. Its approximate coordinates (ITRF97, 1997.0) are: X = 1130711.30 m Y = -4831391.93 m Z = 3994061.17 m (sigma: 2 cm) Best regards, Herve Fagard -- ====================================================================== Herve FAGARD e-mail : herve.fagard@ign.fr Institut Geographique National 94165 SAINT-MANDE CEDEX PHONE : + 33 1 43 98 81 48 FRANCE FAX : + 33 1 43 98 84 50 ======================================================================